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I switched over to Directv from Dish Network back in May. With Dish I was on paperless billing but still made a manual debit card payment once a month a couple days before due date. This and my Cox Internet bill were the last two items I was doing manual payments for since I began using autopay methods over a decade ago. After switching to Directv I went with paperless billing and autopay using my debit card and so far it's worked out fine and billed correctly on the date my account says it will. If you've ever had Dish Network you'd agree their website, especially for account access, really sucks compared to Directvs. The ease of use with Directv's site and wanting to Go Green completely is what convinced me to do autopay.

I've been on auto-pay for quite some time, and always use to get a statement. They asked me numerous times via Email about going paperless. I never agreed to it, but the statements just stopped coming anyway about a year ago. They must have inferred my agreement to go paperless, or just said screw him.